Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Metridioidea > Family Aliciidae > Genus Alicia

Alicia mirabilis Johnson, 1861

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alicia*	Johnson, 1861	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alicia costae*	(Panceri, 1868)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: barried anemone; berried anemone; wonder anemone sources: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland. 28:1-115.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Beerenanemone; Wunderanemone

Literature

original description	Johnson, J. Y. (1861). Notes on the sea-anemones of Madeira, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 298-306.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Mačić, V.; Trainito, E.; Đorđević, N. (2024). Anthozoa of the Adriatic: New insights and a checklist for the southeastern Adriatic. Mediterranean Marine Science. 25(2): 532-547.
additional source	Duerden, J. E. (1895). On the genus Alicia (Cladactis), with an anatomical description of A. costae, Panc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 15, 6, (87): 213-218
additional source	Haddon, A. C.; Shackleton, A. M. (1893). Description of some new species of Actiniaria from Torres Straits. Scient. Proceed. R. Dub. Soc. (N.S.). 8(1): 116-131.
additional source	Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204
additional source	Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
additional source	Zamponi, M. O. (2005). Estudio de la reproducción sexual de las anémonas de mar (Actiniaria) y la estrategia del hombre pobre (the poor man's game). Revista Real Academia Galega de Ciencias, 24
additional source	Pax F. (1908). Die Aktinienfauna Westafrikas. Denkschrift. medizin. naturwiss. Gesellschaft Jena. 13: 463-504.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Duerden, J. E. (1897). The actiniarian family Aliciidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 20, 6, (115): 1-15
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1972). Prodromus zu einer Monographie der mediterranean Aktinien. Zoologica, 42(121): 1-121
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Wirtz, P.; Ocana, O.; Molodtsova, T. (2003). Actiniaria and Ceriantharia of the Azores (Cnidaria Anthozoa). Helgol. Mar. Res. 57: 114-117.
additional source	Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
additional source	Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
additional source	Corrêa, D. D. (1973). Sobre anêmonas-do-mar (Actiniaria) do Brasil. Boletim de Zoologia e Biologia Marinha, N.S., (30): 457-468
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
additional source	Gasparini, J. L.; Floeter, S. R.; Ferreira, C. E. L.; Sazima, I. (2005). Marine ornamental trade in Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 2883-2899
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
additional source	Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
additional source	Kruzic, P.; Zibrowius, H.; Pozar‐Domac, A. (2002). Actiniaria and Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Adriatic Sea (Croatia): First records, confirmed occurrences and significant range extensions of certain species. Italian Journal of Zoology. 69(4): 345-353.
additional source	Zamponi, M. O.; Belém, M. J. D.; Schlenz, E.; Acuña, F. H. (1998). Distribution and some ecological aspects of Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria from shallow waters of the South American Atlantic coasts. Physis (Buenos Aires), 55, 31-45
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1995). The genus Telmatactis Gravier, 1916 (Actiniaria: Acontiaria: Isophelliidae) in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 69(14): 153-176
additional source	Katsanevakis, S.; Thessalou-Legaki, M. (2007). First record of Alicia mirabilis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Aegean Sea and density assessment with distance sampling in a site of high abundance. Marine Biology Research, 3, 468-472
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa. 1668: 183-244.
additional source	Schmidt, H.; Béress, L. (1971). Phylogenetische betrachtungen zur toxizität und nesselwirkung einiger Actiniaria (Anthozoa) im vergleich zur morphologie ihrer nesselkapseln. Kieler Meeresforschungen, XXVII(2): 166-170
additional source	Haddon A. C.; Duerden J. E. (1896). On some Actiniaria from Australia and other districts. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 6, II, 6, 139-172.
additional source	Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. 19A: 33-54.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Alicia mirabilis Johnson, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100862